The cherry-tree of yonder shore -- My family -- Life in Hokkaido -- The first girls' school in Sapporo -- Trying my wings in Otaru -- I cross the Pacific -- Bryn Mawr college days -- Outside of college walls -- Mother and her village -- New beginnings for women -- Towards a world-wide perspective -- Japanese women emigrants -- "Following the gleam" -- Earthquake and aftermath -- A new path -- The school of my dreams -- A call across the Pacific -- Marching along -- One decade and the Madras Conference